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Adventure Comics 289

ADVENTURE COMICS #289

Cover Date: October 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-08-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Clark Kent's Super-Father!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #92/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #93/2)
Martha Kent

Villain(s):

Phantom Zone Prisoners:
Jax-Ur (first appearance; also in flashbacks; last chronological appearance in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #104; next in issue #293)
three other unidentified prisoners

Other Character(s):

Superboy robots
Lewis Lang (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #92 and #93)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Wegthor (first appearance; in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville
Phantom Zone

Comment(s):

This story takes place on September 19th, and a few days preceding.

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #185 (May 1972)


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Second Story: "Bizarro's Amazing Buddies!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Bizarro (last in Superman Vol. 1 #148/3; next in issue #290/2)

Guest Star(s):

Titano (last in Superman Vol. 1 #147/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #59)

Supporting Character(s):

Bizarro-Lois (in between issues #288/2 and #290/2)
Bizarro-Junior No. 1 (in between issues #288/2 and #290/2)
Bizarro-Krypto (in between issues #288/2 and #290/2)

Other Character(s):

Bizarros
a beggar (first appearance)
Frank N. Stein (first appearance)
Mary Shelley
mountain explorers (Asquith and MacDuff named)

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482
Bizarro World
Upright Tower of Pisa (first appearance)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Cologny, Switzerland (in 1818, but more likely June 16, 1816)
The Himalayas

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #202 (December 1967-January 1968)
Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World ([September] 2000)


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